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BULLS, TWO BRASS-FOOTED

Symbolic of desire and reason on the lower mental plane.

"The King Eetes assented to give up the Golden Fleece, provided Jason could yoke the brass-footed bulls. These were the gifts of Hephaestus to Eetes, in number two, and breathing flame from their throats."-Argonautic Expedition.

The Supreme consents to endow the soul with Wisdom, providing that the soul is able to completely control the dual aspects of the lower self, which are the desire principle and the reason. These were the gifts to the Supreme of experience, by Him (Hephæstus) who had overcome the lower planes, and they breathed forth "flame" or burning desire,-having not yet been quelled or mastered.

 

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ARGONAUTS
BRASS
CADMUS
GOLDEN FLEECE
HEPHAISTOS
JASON